beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made FromNon-lead glass
Dateabout 1830
Place MadeBohemia
Techniqueblown, cut; sulphide
SizeOverall H: 11.1 cm, Diam: 9.1 cm
Accession Number79.3.403
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, sulphide. Flared, panel-cut bowl; decorated with a band of rounded ovals outlined with a field of cross-cutting; oval panel at the center encloses a molded sulphide male portrait, said to be the Duke of Reichstadt (Napoleon II); cut angular band at base of bowl; ten-sided foot with elaborate radial and cross-hatch cutting on underside.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
Former Collection
Ernest Herzfelder
probably ex-collection of Ernst Herzfelder, Vienna
probably ex-collection of Ernst Herzfelder, Vienna
